Friday, June 29, 2001
Bandwagon basketball fans. I HATE them. You know what i'm talking about, especially if you're a basketball fan. Just in case you don't know what i'm talking about then a bandwagon fan is someone who roots only for teams at the top. I used to have a bandwagon fan for a friend. From 1995-1997 he was a big Chicago Bulls fan. Then after the Spurs won the championship in 1999 he converted. Then in 2000 he suddenly became a Laker fan. Earlier this year when the Lakers were not doing so well and the Kobe/ Shaq feud had resurfaced he became a 76ers fan. During game three of the NBA Finals I heard him rooting for the Lakers. I accused him of being a bandwagon fan and he just gave me some crap like "why I have no idea what you're talking about . I never said I liked the Sixers, i've been a Laker fan practically my whole life"
" these are my opinions, and if you don't like it get your own website!" or something like that. Anyway those are the two main reasons for this site.
www.slamonline.com
If you like basketball at all then you should be reading this magazine. You can check out a few articles from the mag and get a subscription on their site. Warning though, if you're one of those "basketball purists" who hate the modern NBA with it's high school players, high flying dunks, and ties to hip hop then this probably ain't the magazine for you- though they do have occasional features on legends like Larry Bird and Bill Russel. SLAM does a lot of features on upcoming players from middle school to college, streetball players, and the most of the NBA players they feature are the likes of Kobe, Vince, or Garnett.